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Essays on inequality and mobility of Korean households' income and consumption
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
and mobility of income and consumption better than the conventional model that assume iid income shocks. At the chapter 3, we deal with non-classical measurement errors in consumption using a double-differencing correction method. Aguiar and Bils (2015) develop...
Three essays on the time series of returns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
fluctuations in the high inflationary environment before 2000, play a negligible role thereafter. In the second essay in Chapter 2--Investor Sentiment and Asset Returns: Actions Speak Louder than Words--I analyze daily predictability of investor sentiment...
Identifying risk patterns for suicide attempts in individuals with diabetes : a data-driven approach using LASSO regression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
potential risk factors for suicide attempts in individuals with diabetes through a literature review; (2) to investigate risk factors for suicide attempts in individuals with diabetes using LASSO regression; (3) to identify risk patterns for suicide attempts...
Ab Initio Study of Amorphous Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework (A-ZIF) and Pyrophosphate crystals
(2020)
of a-SiO₂. The radial distribution function is in good agreement with measurements for amorphous aTZIF-4 but with notable fine differences. We confirm the retention of the metal tetrahedral bonding coordination in a-ZIF and the nearly identical short...
Agroforestry buffer, biomass crop, and grain crop effects on soil quality and soil water use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
the impacts of perennial vegetation practices and soil depth on soil water dynamics as compared to row crop system; (iv) to evaluate the effects of long-term perennial management and cropping systems, landscape positions, and the distance from the base of a...
Phytoplankton response to water quality threats in Midwest reservoirs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms and invasive species threaten water quality. These threats are expected to worsen in the future, emphasizing the need for creative management solutions and a thorough understanding of their impacts. The objective...
Protecting the environment: the effects of green menu design on restaurant customers' willingness to pay
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The present study conducted experiments to reveal the relationship between various message appeals and customers' menu selection processes. There is a dearth of studies that explore the consumer green menu selection behaviors, particularly in full...
Three essays on labor economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
at the added worker effect in the great recession, the wife's labor market response to a husband loss of job. The second chapter investigates the impact of a wife's labor market participation on family poverty. The third chapter examines employment...
Assessing costs and environmental impacts of municipal food waste treatment options in Columbia, Missouri : a decision support tool integrating life cycle analysis and robust optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Many municipal governments currently have goals in place to align with global efforts and policy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and take advantage of waste as a resource for renewable energy and nutrients. To meet specified goals...
The nature and functional significance of intra-individual neurocognitive ability across serious mental illness diagnoses
(2022)
, (3) and to explore its functional significance among participants with SMI, including its incremental validity to predict employment and living status outcomes, and performance on a test of grocery shopping skills. We completed a secondary analysis...
Time-dependent response of flat plate structures under high sustained load
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
to concrete tensile strength exceeds 2.29. A simple time-dependent model for determining the bond-slip under high sustained loading was developed and validated with the available data. A finite element modeling method for the time-dependent response of RC...
Cryo-EM reveals how adeno-associated virus engages its receptor AAVR and an investigation of the GPR108 ectodomain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
electron tomography (cryo-ET). Our cryo-ET data shows that there are distinct locations for the unseen domains and that the PKD1 domain does not appear to engage AAV2 in a similar manner as seen in the AAVGo.1 and AAV5 complexes. Finally, we explore...
Lifestyle treatment in the regression of NASH: insulin resistance, lipid synthesis, and methodological innovation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
(liquid chromatography mass spectrometry) were used to track the synthesis of CERs within hepatic tissues of mice consuming 13C3 15N L-serine dissolved in their water and a high fat (60 percent energy, HFD) or a control (low fat, 20 percentE, CD) diet...
Effect of temperature on the mechanical behavior of the CNT reinforced epoxy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
used in many applications such as aerospace, automotive, electronics, and other industries. The reason for using this material as a promising nano – composite in many industries, is its mechanical properties such as high strength, stiffness...
Optimization of bitterness in chocolate through roasting with analysis of related changes in important bitter compounds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
understood, it has long been known that the methylxanthines theobromine and caffeine impart bitterness, as do certain flavan-3-ols, sometimes called catechins, which are a class of the aforementioned healthy bioactive polyphenolic flavonoids, also found...
Multi-hazard resilience assessment of river-crossing bridges
(2021)
subjected to multi-hazard impacts and the beneficial effects of any retrofitting or hazard-countermeasure in a lifecycle context. The damaged bridge needs to be restored rapidly over its service life due to the significant economic losses and disruption...
Gendered racial microaggressions and identity in the career development of Black women college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] In this study, Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994; 2000) was the theoretical framework to understand Black Women college students' career development process that ...
Experimental and theoretical studies of CO2 capture from air and of crystalline, ferroelectric, non-linear optical materials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
approaches. In Chapter 1 to 3, we focused on a Rubisco inspired CO2 capture material, which is made of tetrapeptide KDDE. In chapter 1, we investigated the thermochemistry of the small amine system with full conformational space and determined the best method...
Characterization of diverse soybean genotypes for phosphorus uptake and use efficiency
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
uptake ability and P use efficiency (PUE) of a crop critically influence its productivity. To improve soybean yields under low-P conditions, a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying P uptake and PUE is needed. The first part of this study...
The politics of CO2 emissions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
. The first study of the dissertation investigates whether democracy as a political institution performs better in reducing per capita CO2 emissions than non-democracies. Applying seven different empirical research designs, including the TSCS and multilevel...